Sentences with phrase «win slalom»

«I have now come to believe that I can win the slalom or the giant slalom at Italy,» he says.

Russel will be favored by most to win the slalom at Val Gardena's big showdown, and many pick him for the giant slalom, too.

Gladys (Skeeter) Werner of Steamboat Springs, Col. bowed to taped - up, shy Cathy Carey of Denver in downhill, came back to win slalom, earned women's combined title.

He'll be looking to change that in Pyeongchang, where he's the projected favorite to win the slalom and giant slalom events.

The drama finally ended on Sunday when Killy, assembling one last burst of energy, won the slalom and with it the season.

SKIING — The U.S. girls fared well in the first post-Olympic meet as KIKI CUTTER of Bend, Ore. won the slalom in Oslo and came in third in the giant slalom, followed by three other Americans — Judy Nagel, Wendy Allen and Suzy Chaffee — who placed fourth, seventh and eighth.

And if Killy was the only one who noticed Russel then, the rest of the racers spotted him when he won the slalom at Kitzb √ ºhel last year.

Betsy Snite has a good chance of winning the slalom, and she can finish among the first three in the downhill and giant slalom.

When she returned, she won slalom and giant slalom events throughout New England while competing for a tri-state team representing Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Just as surprising is the fact that the BMW wins the slalom challenge as well, despite being the heaviest of the bunch.

Not exact matches

Snowboarding is her strong suit, as she won gold in parallel giant slalom at world championships in 2016, and placed in the top 30 in three events at skiing worlds.

SKIING — BILLY KIDD of Stowe, Vt. scored the first U.S. win in a major Alpine race in Europe in two years, winning one of two giant slalom events in Meg √ ® ve, France.

Two years later, at the 1958 FIS world championships in Bad Gastein, she took both the women's downhill and giant slalom and was hailed as the new ruler of the skiing world, the first girl since the great Andrea Mead Lawrence to win two gold medals in world competition.

Renie Cox, fast - moving young Middlebury College sophomore, zipped to victory in downhill, trailed sister Mary of U. of Vermont in slalom to win skimeister honors at annual Middlebury Winter Carnival.

Sally Deaver, perky, pretty Whitemarsh, Pa. skier, won two giant slalom events but lost chance for combined title when officials ruled she missed gate in third race of Grand Prix de Savoie at Val D'Isere, France.

She won the gold in the slalom (just the plain old boring slalom, though, not Super G) in the 2014 Games and is hoping to bring back some more hardware this go - round.

Adam Clawson BRYSON CITY, N.C. Clawson, 18, a member of the U.S. team in white - water slalom canoeing, won the silver medal in the men's singles and a gold medal as part of the team competition at the world championships.

His fivestraight slalom wins this season — a feat matched by only three otherskiers — set off a frenzy of ticket sales in Italy.

SKIING — GORDON EATON, Middlebury College sophomore, handily won the national giant slalom championship at Pinkham Notch, N.H. over Marvin Moriarty of Stowe, Vt..

Skip Bryan, 16, of Stowe, Vt., won the boys» slalom in 1:29.4 for the half - mile, 50-gate course.

Phil Mahre of White Pass, Wash, won the giant slalom title at the U.S. National Alpine Ski championships in Mission Ridge, Wash..

SKIING — It was a case of peaking too late: American BARBARA COCHRAN won it all at the World Cup races in Heavenly Valley, Calif. — first the slalom, then the giant slalom — to shut out the tough touring European stars.

He won three giant slaloms, one slalom and $ 45,575 this year, and fellow Europeans watching Stuefer's progress in the States must assume that the pro tour is an easy plum to pick.

Until last Sunday's windup, Killy had not reached any finals of the slalom but he won six of the 12 giant - slalom events.

«Until Penny Pitou fell in the slalom race,» she said in Russian, «I was afraid some other girl might win more medals than me.

Neither Karl Schranz, the best skier in the world in 1959 and Austria's successor to the legendary Toni Sailer, nor Anderl Molterer, a bronze and silver medalist at Cortina, could prevent Switzerland's dashing Roger Staub from winning the giant slalom, or the attractive Frenchman, Jean Vuarnet, from running off with the downhill.

The slalom was won by Canada's Anne Heggtveit with Betsy Snite second and Germany's Barbi Henneberger third.

While the U.S. was sweating out its inspired hockey team, its girl skiers, its David Jenkins and Carol Heiss, in many ways nothing in the entire 10 days of the Games could touch the performance of a ruddy, horse - faced farmer from Kitzb √ ºhel named Ernst Hinterseer, who won the men's slalom with a near - miraculous run down the lower slopes of the mountain called KT - 22.

Austrian skiers won an unprecedented five of six races and amassed 15 medals out of a possible 24: France won only two gold medals: freckle - faced Marielle Goitschell took the ladies» combined title, and Charles Bozon, who had broken his back skiing four years ago and screamed from his stretcher that he would never race again, won the men's slalom.

This has been a fairly successful, if not entirely gratifying, season for the American team; Chuck Ferries won two major European slaloms, Bud Werner and Linda Meyers a giant slalom each.

Lee - Gartner grew up skiing at the tiny Red Mountain ski area in British Columbia, the same little hill that produced the Canadian heroine Nancy Greene, who also won an Olympic gold medal in France (in the giant slalom at Grenoble in 1968).

In the World Cup events in Oslo, WERNER BLEINER of Austria won the giant slalom, while PATRICK RUSSEL of France took the slalom.

The French, however, dominated the giant slalom, taking five of the first eight places, Francoise Macchi winning in 1:36.41.

But he hit an instant spotlight when he won the first giant slalom of the year in Val d'Is √ ® re in December.

Miller saw the skis as perfect for his unusual racing style; using them, he won the Junior Olympics Super G and giant slalom and, despite falling three times, finished second in the slalom.

He also won the Hindelang slalom since then and has placed consistently well in the slaloms, building up his points and an almost - shy sort of confidence.

Dave Harwood of Dartmouth won Louis Orvis giant slalom.

Yet she miraculously completed the turn on her inside ski and won the gold medal, becoming the youngest Olympic slalom champion in history.

SKIING — In Schladming, Austria, PIRMIN ZUR - BRIGGEN of Switzerland won a downhill to maintain his overall World Cup lead, and RUDI NTERLICH of Austria triumphed in the giant slalom.

He could win everything — the downhill, the slalom and the giant slalom.

D'Arcy Marsh of Putney, Vt. won downhill and Lindley Southerland of Woodstock, Vt. took giant slalom.

PIRMIN ZURBRIGGEN of Switzerland won the men's giant slalom championship after placing sixth in that finale.

In the last race before the Olympics, Proell won the giant slalom at St. - Gervais, France and climbed into the lead in the World Cup standings, 203 - 187 over Fran √ ßoise Macchi of France.

SKIING — ANNEMARIE PROELL of Austria won her fourth downhill of the season, and France's BRITT LAFFORGUE took her second slalom in a row at World Cup events in Grindelwald, Switzerland.

She had won eight World Cup slalom races in 14 months, more than any other racer, and she skied with graceful professionalism on her first run to take a.49 of a second lead over defending gold medalist Hoefl - Riesch.

The video board froze a giant green No. 1, confirming that Shiffrin, 18, had won the gold medal to become the youngest Alpine medalist in U.S. history and the youngest - ever winner — male or female — of any Olympic slalom.

After winning just one medal in the first five events of the Games (Julia Mancuso's unexpected bronze in the super combined, boosting her U.S. women's record medal total to four), the U.S. won four medals in the final five events, beginning with a silver and a bronze by Andrew Weibrecht and Bode Miller, respectively, in the Super-G, followed by Ted Ligety's dominant gold as the heavy favorite in the giant slalom and, finally, Shiffrin's gold.

1 Women who have won a World Cup skiing race in each of the six disciplines (giant slalom, downhill, slalom, Super G, combined and super-combi): Janica Kostelic of Croatia, who won her first Super G on Sunday.

In the past 13 months Koznick has won two World Cup slaloms, both of them — not accidentally, in the mind of women's slalom coach Georg Capaul — run at night.

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